European Commission Issues New Data Protection Proposals

European Commission has proposed a comprehensive reform of the EU's 1995 data protection rules. As the 1995's Data Protection Directive has been implemented differently in the 27 Members States, the proposed regulation would improve the current situation where different interpretations of the Data Protection Directive are effective.

As a result of the prospective reform, Regulation on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data would set the general framework for data protection being directly applicable in all Member States. Additionally, Directive on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by competent authorities for the purposes of prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties, and the free movement of such data would harmonise the protection of personal data processed in the abovementioned